Chen, Wei-Hsin; Kuo, Po-Chih - In: Energy 36 (2011) 2, pp. 803-811
Torrefaction is a thermal pretreatment process for biomass where raw biomass is heated in the temperatures of 200–300 °C under an inert or nitrogen atmosphere. The main constituents contained in biomass include hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin; therefore, the thermal decomposition...